Too big, too crowded and too chaotic? Maybe, but these new gadgets will be too good to resist.

That’s what tech geeks will be hoping as they head to Las Vegas next week for the Consumer Electronics Show 2016, as the world’s biggest show of its kind will be abuzz with flying drones, virtual-reality headsets and trunkfuls of wearables and automated gadgets for the home.

Purveyors of virtual-reality, or VR, have long dangled the promise of a mind-blowing entertainment experience to finally replace our TVs — yet the likes of Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg have warned that 2016 won’t be strapping a headset on every cranium.

Still, some manufacturers have sparked fresh excitement of late, especially HTC Chief Executive Cher Wang, who said earlier this month that the HTC Vive VR headset, a joint-venture with Valve, has made “a very, very big technological breakthrough.”

The HTC Vive virtual reality headset in action.Photo: Getty Images

Cheap, smartphone-based VR headsets made of cardboard have already trickled into the market this year, giving consumers a solid glimpse of what the technology promises. That ups the ante for premium players like HTC, Facebook’s Oculus VR and Sony PlayStation.

For her part, Wang didn’t give details, other than saying this breakthrough would delay the HTC Vive’s launch until after the holidays. According to Engadget, a preview is slated for CES, which starts Jan. 5.

Still, some outlets, including Engadget, are hedging their bets on whether that actually happens. In a disappointing notice Thursday that has become typical, Oculus said it will delay the release of a hand controller for its headset until the second half of the year.

As for drones, event organizers will be clearing 25,000 square feet of space for them next week — a 200 percent increase over last year — to accommodate 25 exhibitors. In 2014, there were just four.

The DJI Phantom 3 Professional drone inside DJI’s first flagship store in Shenzhen, China.Photo: Reuters

China-based DJI says it will kick off the week with details on a “developer challenge” to create new apps and features for its flying copters, even as it unveils new models equipped with 4K cameras.

Attendees are likewise hoping to check out drones that can shoot video in VR and 360-degree formats — and can even be controlled by a VR headset. Key exhibitors include Parrot, Yuneec, Hobbico and Squadrone.

Of course, Apple turned up its nose at CES years ago, so the Apple Watch won’t be making an appearance ahead of its anticipated upgrade in March. But that just makes more room for a veritable explosion of new wearable devices — expect a garageful of Fitbit and Jawbone knockoffs.

Skeptics say that wearables — the Apple Watch included — still suffer from being less than totally necessary. Some gripe that FDA regulations are crimping progress on health-based applications that are potentially revolutionary.

Still, that won’t keep magician Penn Jillette from showing off his Withings, a stylish French analog watch that tracks your steps, sleep patterns and weight by hooking up to your smartphone via Bluetooth. Jillette says he used his to lose 100 pounds.